Official crochet

This is my second official round doily made with Peaches & Creme cotton yarn.
















A cotton hand towel that I made to be used in the bathroom in lieu of paper towels. The stitch pattern is called "Thistle Stitch."






















I knit this dishcloth/washcloth on my Sensations #10 knitting needles. Probably took longer than the hand towel to make because the stitches are so much shorter. I was glad to end it.

Here's a bright baby/toddler blanket that I must've crocheted months ago now, who knows? The crochet train keeps chugging right along at my house! I made this blanket just because I wanted to put those bright colors together.





I've still been crocheting scarves in between projects. Right now I'm working on a multi-colored one using scraps.






I have two official crochet orders that I will be working on in the near future. More money for yarn, hooray!

My first booties

I made these booties for my great niece last month, I believe. My first pair. Just like making slippers. An easy pattern.

The last thing I made was a scarf. I'm going to start another scarf today. A medium pink color.

Going to start a hooded baby blanket in lavender acrylic yarn as a larger project. The stitch pattern is ripple stitch as I know it to be called. Produces a highly textured fabric. It's going to look great!

Peach & mint granny square doily

This lives at my friend Kathy's house now. She said it's gorgeous.

I've been steadily crocheting scarves. The last blanket I made was a baby blanket. A large one in yellow and grey. Yet to be photographed.

Less blogging, more crocheting

I'm on the tail end of my introvert vacation from direct contact with other people. As this one has passed so quickly, I'd like to go on another vacation next week after I acquire more fabric for my upcoming sewing projects.

It must've been a couple weeks ago when I decided to make a set of coasters from a an old Herrschner's magazine pattern that I'd never tried before. I gifted the finished items to my friend Kathy. I made something else for her in peach & mint green that I will post another time. Have several other items that I've made that need to be photographed.

This is the first round doily I've ever made. I'd say it's about 8' wide. I wanted to try this pattern from a book. Too many increases resulted in pretty ruffles. Made this for Kathy's daughter using Red Heart Burgundy as a living room accessory.

I've been working on a wide scarf in Red Heart Lipstick, hdc stitches. Needed something mindless to work on for relaxation purposes.

Getting green

Have been crocheting a lot as usual. Have many, many crochet projects in various stages going on as evidenced by the heaping pile on one end of my couch. Today I sat on the porch listening to an audiobook like usual while crocheting a yellow scarf. I'll be crocheting scarves all year long so that I will have a ton of them finished by the time the next cold season arrives.






It's getting green outside for sure now. The trees and bushes are budding leaves.









Here you can see the 2005 run seeds that I started in containers on the porch. Nice to see that almost all of them have come up even though they're so old. The turnip greens really took off. In 2nd place is broccoli.





I have started composting! That's something new that I wanted to try for a while. I'm using a large pail that I found in the shed.





Below is a baby blanket that I'm going to donate. I used reverse single crochet for the edging.

















Looking at that blanket makes me feel like starting another one, but I'll finish the scarf which I'm almost done with first.

Spring Green

I'm almost done with this baby blanket. Made it with Caron Simply Soft primarily in Soft Blue, double crochet and crossed half double crochet stitches. Going to go around the edge with the white yarn (Jamie by Lion Brand, I believe) and then make a pair of booties to go with it. Maybe two. One in blue and one in white. Have never made booties before, but I'm sure they'll be simple to make since the pattern I chose is a smaller version of slippers that I've made before. Intend to donate the blanket and booties to someone via Freeport Freecycle. People won't stop having babies; best to be fortified with baby goods.


I have another unphotographed blanket that I'm almost done with. Made with Red Heart Spring Green and Beach yarn with a couple wide stripes in a coordinating blue. When I finish the Caron Simply Soft Blue blanket, I'm going to start a pink blanket for my nephew's new baby. He chose the Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn himself when he came over last week. Along with a baby hat made with RH Soft White, I gave him a baby blanket that he'd admired in the past made with Wintuk Knitting Yarn by WonderArt in the variegated shade called "Lullaby" and also the yellow stuffed bunny featured in the past post "Bunny's first crochet."






Three of the five walker/wheelchair totes that I've made. These are at the stage where I need to add the hook & loop tape closures. I'll decide which to offer for sale and which I want to donate after making more. I was thinking about making little coordinating pouches or something small to go with them. It would take too long to make blankets.

It's supposedly going to get near 70 degrees today. Yesterday was warm. I've already gotten a bit eager and have started decorating the enclosed porch. Last year I did green & white, but this year I'm going with lilac or lavender & white. Have already put yarn out there.

I'm going to start flirting with the notion of getting my bicycle ready for riding, but let's see if this isn't a false start to spring first.

I remember last fall waiting for the snow to melt so I could mow the lawn. Crazy climate.

Blanket news

This is the latest blanket that I've been working on. The color parts are double crochet and the black rows are crossed half doubles.I'm going to put black around the edge when I get done with the red.








This is the second to last scrap blanket that I made. I'm sitting on top of it because it's being used as a chair cover at the moment.



I've been working on my third walker tote using Pop 'N Yarn in Regal Blue and Calif. Coral which is a bright shade of orange.